Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia sparsiflora Maiden , legitimate, scientific
Maiden, J.H. (1920), Notes on Acacias, No. IV, with descriptions of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 53: 221 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Type, Dr. T.L. Bancroft's No. 5, Eidsvold, Queensland."
Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 153-154 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 349 [secondary reference]
common name: Currawong [n/a]
Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 355 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma sparsiflorum (Maiden) Pedley legitimate
Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 350-351 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma sparsiflorum (Maiden) Pedley legitimate
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Currawang [n/a]
Maslin, B.R. & Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 275-277, Fig. 56A-D, Map 371 APC [secondary reference]
  • Type: Eidsvold [presumably an error for N of Chinchilla, fide L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 154 (1978)], Qld, T.L.Bancroft 5 ; holo: NSW n.v. , fide L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 153 (1978).
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma sparsiflorum (Maiden) Pedley legitimate common name: Currawang [n/a] common name: Currawong [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma sparsiflorum (Maiden) Pedley legitimate common name: Currawang [n/a] common name: Currawong [n/a]
Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 422-423 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma sparsiflorum (Maiden) Pedley legitimate
Kodela, P.G. (4 September 2013), Lectotypification of Acacia gardneri, A. obtecta, A. sparsiflora and A. whitei (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae). Telopea 15: 74, 79, Fig. 5 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Queensland: Eidsvold, T.L.Bancroft 5, Mar 1918; lecto (here chosen): NSW489921; isolecto: AD98582677 n.v., BM796552 (branchlet with flowers), MEL2086584A, NSW830694, US288911 (branchlet with flowers).